Striping device.



No. 660,881. Patented 001. 30, |900..

0. H. ALLEN.

STBIPINB DEVICE.

(Applicativi med Ai. 19, 1900.)

(No Nudel.)

vllllll lllll W/ TNE SSE S A 7TOHNE YS UNiTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. ALLEN, OF NORTH CREEK, NEW YORK.

STRIPING DEVICE.

' sPEcIFIcATIoNfOrming parser Letters meent No. 660,881, dated october 3o, 1900.

Application led. April 19, 1900. eeral No. 13,484. d10 model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of North Creek, in the county of Warren and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Striping Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple, and practical device which will afford means by its manipulation to accurately produce stripes on flat or rounded surfaces with liquid paint or other suitable material.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafterdescribed,and deiined in the appended claims. y p

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective View of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same, taken substantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is an upper end viewof the str-iper, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the lower portion of the instrument seen in the direction of the arrow oc in Fig. 3.

In carrying into effect the features of the invention as illustrated in the drawings, 5 indicates the liquid-holding reservoir of the device, which is also the handle whereby the instrument is manipulated in use. `The reservoir 5 is preferably made in hollow cylindrical form, having a suitable length for effective service, and upon the normal upper end thereof a cap-piece 6 is removably secured I in a liquid-tight manner. As shown, the cappiece 6 has a threaded engagement within the threaded interior of the upper end of the reservoir. A vent-orifice at is formed in the head wall of the cap-piece 6 and is closed by the adjustable gate 7, which permits a graduation of the size of the vent-hole a..

The lower end of the reservoir-wall 5 is internally threaded to receive the externallythreaded upper end ofa cylindrical extensionpiece 5a, provided for said reservoir. rThe lower end portion of the extension-piece 5n is contracted, so as to provide an integral end wall o thereon, which is longitudinally and 'of a lat strip of rigid material, preferably centrally perforated for the reception of one end of the nozzle-tube 8.

The nozzle-tube 8 has a screwed engage 55 ment with the perforation in the end wall and it may here be explained that aplurality of nozzle-tubes may be provided which have different diameters in their bores, so that by an exchange of nozzle-tubes the' device lnay be adapted for the execution of stripes having different widths, in a manner which will behereinafter described.

In the extension-piece 5a a plug 9 is iitted closely and secured, which pl1.1gpreferably is extended 'from the end wall b to the upper end of the extension-piece, as shown in Fig. 2. There is a comparatively small-diametered perforation c formed axially inthe plug 9 and is al-ined with the bore c of the nozzletube 8, as shown in Fig. 2.

Upon the body of the reservoir aclip-band` 10 is mounted somewhat above the end wall b of the extension-piece of, and in the ears 10L formed on the clip-band opposite perfora- 75 tions are formed to receive the clampingbolt d, as best shownin Fig. 3. l

A guide-arm ll is provided as au essential. feature of the striping device, and consists bent edgewise near one end, as at e in 1 and 2, thus producing a laterally-beutinger lla. at one end of said arm.

The guide-arm ll is widened toward its opposite end, which end is introduced between the ears 10n and pivoted upon the bolt d,which bolt is so adjusted that the arm may be moved as required, but will not be liable to change its adjustment accidentally.

Between the clip-band l0 and nozzle-tu be 8 a ferrule 12, or, if preferred, another clipband is secured upon the reservoirbody.. From the lower portion of the ferrule l2 a preferably spring-limb 13 is projected downward and outward and at the outer end thereof is suitably bent to adapt it for a sej cured engagement with the side of the rockable arm 14. The arm 14 is a straight Lbar having liXed engagement with the spring-limb 13 intermediately of the ends of said arm, and from the set of the spring-limb the lower end of the arm is normally pressed toward the free lower end of the nozzle-tube/S, as clearly shown in 'IOO Figs. 1 and 4. Upon the lower end of the arm 14 a cup 15 is formed or secured, which opens in the direction of the lower end of the nozzle-tube 8, and said cup contains leather or other fibrous slightly yielding material, which, from the trend of the arm and cup thereon, is forced -by the spring limb 13 against the open end of the nozzle-tube, and thus normally closes said end.

It will be seen that a suitable degree of pressure applied to the outer side of the arm 14 at its Lipper end will serve to rock this end of the arm toward the ferrule which supports it, the yielding of the spring-limb 13 permitting such a rocking movement. The inward movement of the upper end of the rockable arm 14 causes a corresponding outward movement of the lower portion of said arm,which will remove the sealing-cup 15 from the end of the nozzle-tube 8, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

As represented in Figs. l and 3, the guidearm 11 and rockable arm 14 are spaced from each other about ninety degrees, which will locate the guide-arm at the left side ot' the instrument when it is in service and the other arm 14 on the upper side of the instrument, thus disposing the upperend of the arm 14in convenient position for linger-pressure when the device is taken hold of by the user.

To adapt the device for use in any necessary adjustment of the guide-arm l1 with regard to the arm 14, it is essential that the guide-arm be adjustably secured on the reservoir 5, so that it may be rotatively moved more or less thereon and readily secured at a proper point of adjustment. To this end I have provided the clip band 10, that is clamped in a desired position by the bolt d, that serves as a pivot-support for the guidearm.

It will be seen that if the improved instrument is charged with a quantity of liquid paint the operator may by opening the lower end of the nozzle-tube permit a minute stream of paint to flow slowly from the tube.

To stripe a surface with one or more straight lines, the guide-arm 11 is adjusted so that the inger end thereon may engage with a straight edge that is either upon the article to be striped or held applied thereto, so that the movement of the instrument progressively along the straight edge, while the open nozzle-tube is held upon the surface to be striped will effect the production of a stripe on the article of a Width determined by t-he bore of the nozzle-tube.

Evidently the surface to be striped may be flat, convex, or concave, as so long as there is a guiding edge adorded for a sliding engagement of the arm 11 a stripe may be formed thereon, which will be controlled in its formation by the shape of the edge with which the guide-arm has contact.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a striping device, the combination with a reservoir, a cap-piece screwing on one end of the reservoir having a vent-hole therein, and an adjustable gate controlling the vent-hole, of a nozzle on the opposite end of the reservoir; a iiat spring held by one end on said reservoir and extending in direction of the nozzle, an arm supported by the platespring so as to be adapted for rocking movement, and a sealing-cup on the lower end of the spring-supported arm which normally closes the discharging end of the nozzle.

2. In a striping device, the combination with a reservoir, a screw-cap on one end thereof, and means to control an opening in said cap, of a nozzle on the opposite end of the reservoir, and a spring-supported rockable sealing device on the reservoir adapted to normally close the discharge end of the nozzle and be retracted therefrom by manipulation.

In a device of the described construction, the combination with the striping device, of a guide-arm to control the direction of movement of the striping device, and a clip-band having ears adjustably clamped on the striping device, and a pivot-bolt forsupporting the guide-arm between the ears of said clip-band, and clamping said band in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

D. M. SULLIVAN, JOSEPH LITTLE. 

